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I went to an Oktoberfest in Puyallup, WA last night. It was their first year and they made a valiant effort but they still have a ways to go to get close to "authentic". Although the woman swinging from the ceiling in her German finery certainly helped set the mood! :-)

I didn't drink as much as either you or Anders - but I did manage to eat a few key treats! :-)

It's been a dry three weeks since the service providers for my Internet and surfing pleasure decided to cut me off for what appears to be No Reason. I have spent that time ringing 902 011110, 902012220 and a few others, listening to messages, beeps, instructions and recordings. Occasionally talking to girls (with suspiciously Arab or rather Tangerine accents as the curses of outsourcing begin to thrash Europe) who explain to me that I really must ring another number. One which I had already talked to. Or at least, listened to. The girls are clever though, I'll grant them that. I don't believe that there can be that many of them in the office(I've talked to around 40 so far), so they must switch their names around every day. I try them in Spanish, I try them in English and I try them in French - as the company in question, 'Wanadon't', belongs to France-telecon. Nada, rien and nuffink. However, and this is the reason for my letter, one of them, Pierrete, I think, promised in an unguarded moment to switch me on tomorrow. Yay!. Hold on though... It's a fiesta tomorrow. You don't think that she creamed me, do you?